scholarly journals Democracy at the one-click distance: Is electronic voting the best option for Moldova?

2018 ◽  
Vol 331 ◽  
pp. 359-372
Author(s):  
Ina Vîrtosu ◽  
Ion Guceac
Keyword(s):  
Presidential Elections ◽  
Electronic Voting ◽  
Political Rights ◽  
Source Country ◽  
Republic Of Moldova ◽  
Software Failure ◽  
Pros And Cons ◽  
The Republic ◽  
The One ◽  
Insight Into

Electronic voting, known as e-voting, has become increasingly popular in our fast developing technology-driven world. Hence, the Republic of Moldova is a source country of migrants, a significant number of citizens reside abroad. Therefore in most of cases Moldovan citizens have to cast their vote in other countries when Moldova has to hold its elections. Presidential elections from 2016 showed that a poorly organized electing process could lead to violations of constitutional political rights. Hundreds of citizens that travelled a long journey to London, Bologna, Milano and other cities, where polling stations were located, were not able to cast their vote because election officials did not send enough ballot papers. For a country with a numerous Diaspora, e-voting could be a solution for all problems that Moldovans have related to the exercising of voting right. The process is seductively simple, but it is also shockingly vulnerable to different problems - from software failure to malicious hacking - and also requires some special conditions for its implementation. This paper aims to provide an insight into the issues of e-voting, and the debate of pros and cons surrounding it, in order to assess if this solution is the best way to go for Moldova.

scholarly journals Modelling and Prognosis of the Export of the Republic of Serbia by Using Seasonal Holt-Winters and Arima Method

2016 ◽  
Vol 54 (2) ◽  
pp. 233-260 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jelena Mladenović ◽  
Vinko Lepojević ◽  
Vesna Janković-Milić
Keyword(s):  
Agricultural Production ◽  
Balance Of Payments ◽  
Bilateral Agreements ◽  
Labour Costs ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Republic ◽  
The One ◽  
High Degree ◽  
Insight Into

Abstract Low labour costs as one of the key sources of export stimulation, the competitive advantage of domestic agricultural production and bilateral agreements with partner countries - all promote export as a potentially significant factor of encouragement of economic development of the Republic of Serbia.Taking into account this fact, on the one hand, and balance of payments problems that Serbia has been facing over the years, on the other hand, the subject of this paper is an analysis of trends in the Republic of Serbia export and explanation of variations in the export trends during the period from 2004 to 2014. The aim of the paper is to explore export trends forecast from January to December 2015.The analysis uses Holt-Winters and ARIMA methods for analyszing time series.The paper provides insight into the export trend forecasts for the period of 12 months, and thus confirms the possibility of practical usage of the time series analysis methods in forecasting macroeconomic variables such as export. The used methods identify increase of export during the summer and its decrease after October 2015. The paper establishes the existence of a high degree of congruence between forecasts obtained by using two methods, which confirm a high quality of the elaborated methods in the analysis of exports.

scholarly journals History of codification of private law in the Republic of Moldova

2021 ◽  
pp. 8-28
Author(s):  
Gheorghe Avornic ◽  
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Violeta Cojocaru ◽  
Iulian Moraru ◽  
◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Relations ◽  
Civil Law ◽  
Public Law ◽  
Private Law ◽  
Historical Aspects ◽  
Republic Of Moldova ◽  
History Of ◽  
Ancient Times ◽  
The Republic ◽  
The One

The division of the entire system of law into public law and private law comes from ancient times, which we have referred to in several previous personal publications. In this article we will analyze the evolution of private law in the Republic of Moldova. Private law constitutes one of the fundamental subdivisions of the science of law as a whole. At the level of the Republic of Moldova, the subdivision in question represents a distinct specific in the context that: (i) it is stratified into numerous branches of law and (ii) it constitutes a symbiosis of several national, supranational and international private legislations that correspond to modern trends of evolution of related social relations. One of the main branches of domestic private law is civil law, namely the rules tangent to the branch of law in question regulate a considerable number of social relations varied in terms of structure and content. This article will briefly address evolutionary-historical aspects of the private law legislation of the Republic of Moldova. In particular, we will analyze the influence of the Model Civil Code of the CIS States, on the one hand, and European legislation, on the other. Historical aspects will be divided into three periods.

Fiduciary management and fiduciary ownership in the post-Soviet countries: experience of Ukraine, Republic of Moldova, Republic of Belarus and Russian Federation

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kateryna Nekit ◽  
Volodymyr Zubar
Keyword(s):  
Russian Federation ◽  
Civil Law ◽  
Distinctive Features ◽  
Republic Of Moldova ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
The Common ◽  
The Republic ◽  
Similar Solutions ◽  
Distinguishing Features ◽  
Insight Into

Abstract The focus of this research is to define the common and distinctive features of the approaches used by lawmakers in the post-Soviet states (Ukraine, Republic of Moldova, Republic of Belarus and Russian Federation) for the purpose of implementing fiduciary management and fiduciary ownership institutes into their respective national laws. It has been established that over the course of the fiduciary management and fiduciary ownership institutes development in the countries referenced above, similar solutions were initially applied. Thus, an effort was made to implement the institute of trust inherent in the common-law countries into the systems of civil law. However, the effort did not come to fruition and that resulted in the fiduciary management institute being implemented. However, notwithstanding the similarities in the general approaches to determining the content of the fiduciary management provisions in all post-Soviet countries, the situation in Ukraine came out to be different from that in other countries. Following the adoption of the Civil Code (CC) of Ukraine with the fiduciary management institute enshrined therein, the Code was amended by adding the provisions on fiduciary ownership, but typical for the Civil Law countries. Over a long period of time, the Ukrainian legislation was the only one that referred to the institute of fiduciary ownership (fiducia), but due to recent dramatic overhaul, the CC of the Republic of Moldova was amended by the provisions on fiducia as well. This research represents a review of modern statutory provisions of Ukraine, Republic of Moldova, Republic of Belarus and Russian Federation covering fiduciary management and fiduciary ownership, including identification of common and distinguishing features thereof. It is found that as of today, the laws of the Russian Federation and Republic of Belarus do not go beyond fiduciary management, whereas those existing in the Republic of Moldova and Ukraine refer to both fiduciary management and fiducia institutes. Outlined in the research are differences between fiduciary management, trust and fiducia. The research also offers an insight into the degree of influence the Draft Common Frame of Reference and provisions of the CC of Romania and CC of France, those related to trust and fiducia, had on the formation of fiduciary ownership concept in the legislation of the Republic of Moldova. Also included in the research is the analysis of the latest changes in the legislation of Ukraine, related to the introduction of fiduciary ownership as a means to secure the performance of obligations.

scholarly journals Stosunki mołdawsko-rosyjskie w drugiej dekadzie XXI wieku

2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 129-141
Author(s):  
Agnieszka Miarka
Keyword(s):  
21St Century ◽  
Presidential Elections ◽  
Strategic Partnership ◽  
Republic Of Moldova ◽  
The Republic

The purpose of this article is to characterize the relations between Moldova and Russia in the second decade of the 21st century. The author describes influence of presidential elections in Moldova (2016) on Moldovan – Russian relations. The new president, Igor Dodon, wants to return to a strategic partnership with Russia. Presidential activity has improved the relations of Chisinau–Moscow in many areas. The paper also presents problematic issues: Transnistrian case and Moldovan-Ukrainian border. The current diplomatic crisis and the position of the Moldovan government towards Russia are also very important. The author analyzed and interpreted: documents of the Republic of Moldova, official statements by the authorities of Moldova and Russia, interwievs.

scholarly journals International Methodological Basics of Electoral Law (From Antiquity to Modern Times: Philosophy-Legal Dimension)

wisdom ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 103-113
Author(s):  
Armen HARUTYUNYAN
Keyword(s):  
The Other ◽  
The Political ◽  
Political Rights ◽  
The Social ◽  
State Governance ◽  
The Republic ◽  
The One ◽  
The Right ◽  
Almost All ◽  
Electoral Law

The contemporary democratic states consider the concept of political rights, especially the right to vote as a fundamental pillar above all other rights. The political rights are dominant only due to their implementation: people have an opportunity to exercise their power on the one hand, and transfer their power without any political upheavals on the other. In this regard, it is worth highlighting that the political rights are one of the corner-stone rights for modern democratic rule of law. According to this thesis, we can persist that the problems of the realization of political rights are decisive and highly important even for the declared and transitional democratic states. In this respect, the Republic of Armenia is no exception as the problems of the implementation of political rights are definitely the electoral rights. These rights are among the most acute social problems that young Armenian democracy has faced after the independence. The issues in implementation of the political rights are steadily coupled with the problems of imposing punishments for crimes directed against political rights. As the experience of the Republic of Armenia has shown, the number of crimes directed against political rights has increased over the years. The tendency of the growth of the above-mentioned crimes has objective and subjective reasons. Among the objective reasons, we can note the transitional character of Armenian democracy. As for justice, it should be noted that such problems are inherent in almost all transitional states and especially, for modern countries. It is easier to understand, when we observe the experience of communities, which try to pass from the totalitarian rails of state governance to democratic ones. From the other side, the social and economic reasons of the state, poverty of the population can be considered as an objective reason. In terms of subjective reasons, firstly, the disproportionate punishment for crimes directed against political rights should be pointed out, which are the central obstacles for the implementation of political rights.

scholarly journals Trends and nature of the external actors influence on the situation of ethnic minorities in the context of contemporary global processes

Moldoscopie ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 87-98
Author(s):  
Irina Cojuhari ◽  
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Valentina Teosa ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Ethnic Groups ◽  
Ethnic Minorities ◽  
Civic Identity ◽  
Modern World ◽  
Republic Of Moldova ◽  
Foreign Policies ◽  
The Republic ◽  
The One ◽  
External Actors ◽  
The Impact

In the modern world, under the influence of global factors, there are opposite changes in ethnic and national identity: on the one hand, the number of sources of self-identification is growing, individual identity becomes more complex and changeable, up to its disappearance, on the other hand, there is a revival and restoration of ethnic groups within the framework of transnational associations. Against the background of the aforementioned effects of globalization, the Republic of Moldova is experiencing a deep crisis of civic identity, one of the reasons for which is that ethnic minorities are exposed to numerous external influences and, as a result, are more prone building their identity within their own or kindred ethnic groups. The article presented to the reader is devoted to the study of some examples of the impact of countries such as Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Bulgaria and other international actors on the ethnic minorities of Moldova, in order to determine the trends, approaches and nature of their impact on ethnic minorities in the country. Given the fact that ethnic minorities make up about 25 percent of the population of the Republic of Moldova, the problems of their comprehensive integration are an extremely important aspect of stable development, as they are directly related to the prospects for the formation of the identity of the Moldovan people and the success of the state’s domestic and foreign policies.

scholarly journals POLITICAL ADVERTISING IN THE REPUBLIC OF KAZAKHSTAN: A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION CAMPAIGNS IN 2011 AND 2015 YEARS

Al-Farabi ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 74 (2) ◽  
pp. 99-110
Author(s):  
Murat Nassimov ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Political Culture ◽  
Political Communication ◽  
Political Development ◽  
Presidential Elections ◽  
Political Advertising ◽  
Social Stability ◽  
Political Force ◽  
Psychological Conditions ◽  
The Republic ◽  
The One

The process of modernization and democratization of Kazakhstan society demands the creation of advertising technologies that consequently promote the state’s strategic and tactical tasks and increase the level of political culture among the population thus contributing to the strengthening of social stability. Political advertising is a specific form of communication influencing the ideas of citizens concerning political subjects and objects. Society and political advertisement interconnection is considered in two different ways: on the one hand, advertisement stimulates the political development of a society; on the other hand, society develops advertisement technologies. Alongside this, it is a way of political communication with voters, target influence to learn easily during the election campaign. Political advertising shows the meaning of an exact political force platform, invites to support candidates, to form opinions about political force in people’s consciousness, to make psychological conditions to vote. The aim of the paper is complex research of the evolution of political advertisement in Kazakhstan and its peculiarities in the period of Presidential elections 2011, 2015.

scholarly journals Procedure for applying to the European Court of Human Rights

2021 ◽  
pp. 37-45
Author(s):  
Alexandru Sosna ◽  
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Vadim Colceanov ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
The Other ◽  
European Convention ◽  
Reasonable Time ◽  
Human Rights Protection ◽  
Republic Of Moldova ◽  
Rights Protection ◽  
European Court ◽  
The Republic ◽  
The One

In this article, the authors explore the theoretical and practical aspects of the procedure for addressing the European Court of Human Rights. Many citizens of the Republic of Moldova apply to the European Court of Human Rights for the protection of violated rights. For several years and as a result of various factors, the Court has been overwhelmed by the number of individual applications. However, the vast majority of these applications (over 95%) are rejected, without being examined on the merits, because they did not meet one of the admissibility criteria provided by the European Convention on Human Rights. This situation creates a double frustration. On the one hand, having the obligation to respond to each request, the Court does not have the opportunity to focus, within a reasonable time, on cases that require a substantive examination, and this is of no real use to litigants. On the other hand, the actions of tens of thousands of applicants are rejected without appeal, often after years of waiting. The proposals of the authors, who must increase the guarantees of human rights protection, are very important.

scholarly journals A pitfall trapping survey of beetles in steppe ecosystems of the Republic of Moldova

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Natalia Munteanu-Molotievskiy ◽  
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Anna Moldovan ◽  
Ion Toderas ◽  
◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Beetle Species ◽  
Pitfall Trapping ◽  
Republic Of Moldova ◽  
Number Of Species ◽  
Ecological Features ◽  
Steppe Ecosystems ◽  
The Republic ◽  
The One

A pitfall survey of beetles in steppe ecosystems of the Republic of Moldova was conducted. Five locations were investigated, two from the Balti steppe and three from the Bugeac steppe. As a result, a total of 563 beetle specimens, belonging to 98 species, 51 genera, and 15 families were collected. Among families recorded Carabidae was the one with the highest number of species. The ecological features of collected beetle species were revealed. The results show that steppes are still important biodiversity reservoirs within the boundaries of the country and urgent conservation activities are required.

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